VENERABLE
Confess an inglorious past now,
Reluctant to open his heart
vow,
Knows the world around bright,
Education gave him an insight,
(1)
Underneath darkness
existence,
His cursed teenage hurt
intense,
Poverty less self-chosen
happens,
Sorrows behind hunger sharpen,
(2)
Assume razor-sharp knife
thirst,
Reject to drink water, hunt
past,
Thirsts were lost parent street
child,
Never could know his past wild,
(3)
Alas, parents forgot him on the
street,
Collected by city authority
greet,
Feed him well-offered clothes,
love,
His life had no identity less
solve, (4)
Studied well free schooling
dwell,
Merit the gift of a cruel fate
hail,
Succeeded in career
scholarship,
Charity from senior person
leap, (5)
The gown gold medal university,
Called this person uncle
sanity,
Prompting him to study higher,
Praised the performance assure,
(6)
Money no concern uncle provide,
His top post, police officer
pride,
Never asked for his gratitude
money,
Uncle loved him, distance
funny, (7)
Fewer uncles accept credits,
assure,
He acted as an umbrella secure,
Pointedly advised for a
marriage,
He remembered teenage mirage,
(viii)
Sobbed not few tears, he
smiled,
God stole his parent's lives
mild,
The orphanage, then uncle
restored,
Dreams he less dared procured, (9)
No relatives, father, mother,
sis,
No brother lo uncle prefers to
kiss,
Never told, like his son,
openly,
His fatherly protection
solemnly, (10)
Confess the inglorious past
well,
Left on a street, today honor
fuel,
The ambit of emotion ruptured
duet,
His wife, children, and life
promulgate, (11)
God is not fate merciless,
beacon,
Time heals wounds, life reckon,
Discover humanity exists
visible,
Cruelty, poverty, illiteracy
simple, (12)
Guesses soul search, frequent,
Where are his parents,
relevant,
Pray against his raw wound
little,
May Lord help him trace
belittle, (13)
Their blood flows in his vein
raw,
Found his mother's embrace,
saw,
Guess his mother, undone
indeed,
Must be crying a lot curse
deed, (14)
Father, if ashamed, less
forgiven,
Whether he searched him given,
A police officer has seen a
couple,
Poverty social restriction
topple, (15)
Inter-caste, interfaith
conflicts,
The child before a marriage
inflicts,
Unemployment insolvency hunt,
Unwanted child shameful taunt,
(16)
His police officer training,
strong,
Forgave his parents, deeds
wrong,
No more pittance askance love,
Search his venerable link
resolve. (17)
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Venerable
Themes: Precious parents
Written: 19th August 2023,
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